Apprentice Accountant

Summary
First Accountancy are seeking an apprentice who is dedicated and has a real interest in Finance to join their wonderful team. The successful candidate will enrol onto a Level 2 Accounts/Finance Assistant. This is a great opportunity to build a career with a growing company who value their staff and their development.

Wage: £11,980.80 a year
Training course: Accounts or Finance Assistant (Level 2)

Hours: Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 3:30pm (36 hours a week)

Possible start date: Saturday 29 March

Duration: 1 year

Positions available: 1

Work
As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you'll do at work

• Assisting with the preparation of financial statements and accounts preparation for Sole Traders, Partnerships, and Limited Companies.
• Processing invoices, payments, and expenses.
• Supporting with VAT returns and tax computations.
• Helping to prepare and submit payroll information.
• Conducting bank reconciliations and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Assisting with client queries and providing administrative duties such as meeting and greeting clients, filing, answering telephone and supporting the team to meet deadlines as required.
• Learning and applying accounting software and systems.

Where you'll work

52A HIGH STREET
BEIGHTON
SHEFFIELD
S20 1ED

Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation
APPRENTICE TEAM LTD

Your training course
Accounts or Finance Assistant (Level 2) - Equal to GCSE

Course contents

• Record transactional data.
• Use the organisation's standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
• Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
• Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
• Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience.
• Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
• Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements.

Your training plan
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you'll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements
Essential qualifications

• GCSE in English (grade 9-4 (A*-C))
• GCSE in Maths (grade 9-4 (A*-C))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non-judgemental
• Patience

About this company
They are a Sheffield-based accountants and small business advisers, established in 1996. They specialise in providing practical help to self-employed and small businesses. As professionally qualified chartered management accountants and incorporated financial accountants, this company is able to provide the level of support you require. We are very confident we can help your business to grow and also help you to meet accounting deadlines.

After this apprenticeship
Possible progression onto further employment within the business and onto higher apprenticeships.

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
APPRENTICE TEAM LTD
Dylan Marshall
Dylan.marshall@apprenticeteam.co.uk
01246278931

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000306177.

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Closes in 29 days (Friday 28 March)

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